Improvement in broom-hangers



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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JACOB GAIN, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOM-HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,622, dated April27, 1875; application filed October lfi, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB GAIN, of Altoona, in the county of Blair andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Broom -Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for suspending house-brooms inconvenient places. In such devices rings have been hinged so as to foldupon the joint, and such joint is made adjustable to vary the upwardangle of the ring to adapt it to handles of dilferent sizes.

7 Moreover, the hinged joint sustains the weight of the broom, and itsadjustment being made by clamp-screws it is not only very troublesome tomake, but constantly liable to slip.

Another form of holder has been made, in which the broom-handle issuspended between open curved arms carried by a plate pivoted at one endto allow the arms to hang at an angle to gripe the handle between them.In this device the handle is liable to fall, or be knocked out at theopen curved ends of the arm.

These objections are obviated by my broomhanger, which consists of aneye or ring having a' central biting-edge formed by double bevels on aportion of its inner periphery, un-

beveled bitingedges on the remaining opp0- site portion of said ring,and a tangential pivot-arm, whereby broom-handles of diifen ent sizesare securely suspended in a vert cal position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view in perspectiveof my device as attached to a holding-surface, such as a door, and Fig.2, a sectional view in the position in which the broom is suspended.

The holding ring or eye Ais cast in one piece with a tangentialpivot-arm, B,which is secured to a door or wall by means of a screw, 0,but not screwed so tightly as to prevent the device from moving freelyin an are from the horizontaL' The rim a is beveled on its inner surfaceor periphery from both sides of the ring for about two-thirds thereof,thus forming a central biting-edge, b, and the space of the rim notbeveled presents two angular holding-edges, c, which act, one at a time,(the device being reversible,) in connection with said central edge, tograsp the broom-handle D, and hold it in a vertical position in the eyeA, whatever may be the suspending-angle of the hanger in the unconfinedare of its move ment, for, when the handle D, of whatever size, isinserted in the eye, it determines the suspending-angle of the hanger byits own weight, and at the same time causes itself to be griped by theupper angular biting-edge from one side, and by the central beveledbitin g-edge and the handle, being inclosed within the eye, noaccidental striking or pulling by children will knock it out.

The eye, beveled as described, and combined with the tangent pivot-arm,forms a simple, cheap, and useful article of manufacture, and may beturned either to the right or left, with the central and angular edgesbiting in the same manner.

I claim The broom-hanger consisting of the eye or ring A, having thecentral biting edge b, formed by double bevels on one side, the angularholding-edges c on the opposite side, and provided with the tangentialpivot-arm B, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have affixed my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

JACOB GAIN.

Witnesses:

WM. F. TAYLOR, SAMUEL UTLY.

